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Morning's recommended reading. Don't give up, many of us want to keep working toward an American dream. www.anneapplebaum.com/2025/10/14/t...
The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark – Anne Applebaum
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October 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Morning's recommended reading. Don't give up, many of us want to keep working toward an American dream. www.anneapplebaum.com/2025/10/14/t...
I'm remembering the resistance to President Carter's inclination to thin the ranks and have technology stand in. And Abu Graib. But this is a different kettle of fish.
How did the CIA respond to Russia's highly effective hacking of the US elections in 2016? Tim Wiener chronicles the response for the first time here. Much of it is well know, but there are a number of fascinating wrinkles. foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/11/c...
When the Threat Is Inside the White House
What CIA insiders make of the MAGA moles and toadies now in charge of U.S. national security.
foreignpolicy.com
July 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I'm remembering the resistance to President Carter's inclination to thin the ranks and have technology stand in. And Abu Graib. But this is a different kettle of fish.
NO! President Trump signed an executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to end federal funding for America’s two biggest public broadcasters, which have faced a series of attacks from the White House and Republican lawmakers accusing them of biased reporting. cnn.it/4jJDOag
Trump orders Corporation for Public Broadcasting to end federal funding for NPR and PBS | CNN Business
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s board to end federal funding for America’s two biggest public broadcasters, National Publi...
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May 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
NO! President Trump signed an executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to end federal funding for America’s two biggest public broadcasters, which have faced a series of attacks from the White House and Republican lawmakers accusing them of biased reporting. cnn.it/4jJDOag
They want us to freeze in fear but we're ready to lead a fight to save our democracy. It will take grit, but it’s an honorable way to earn your stripes. We are alive in this moment together for a reason. First time in our history we've declared a constitutional crisis. It’s serious y’all. Join us.
LWV Declares United States in a “Constitutional Crisis,” Announces New Initiative to Mobilize Voters | League of Women Voters
On April 17, 2025, the nonpartisan League of Women Voters took the step of labeling our current moment a “constitutional crisis.” Concurrently, LWV announced a new initiative, Unite and Rise 8.5, to m...
www.lwv.org
April 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
They want us to freeze in fear but we're ready to lead a fight to save our democracy. It will take grit, but it’s an honorable way to earn your stripes. We are alive in this moment together for a reason. First time in our history we've declared a constitutional crisis. It’s serious y’all. Join us.
Protect These Borders!
— The potential fallout: Experts have expressed alarm over the looming cuts, warning that cuts leave infrastructure in the states more vulnerable, and that U.S. adversaries like Russia and China are likely to increase their cyberattack efforts.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
— The potential fallout: Experts have expressed alarm over the looming cuts, warning that cuts leave infrastructure in the states more vulnerable, and that U.S. adversaries like Russia and China are likely to increase their cyberattack efforts.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Weekly Cybersecurity
Experts say new planned cuts to CISA will hurt the cyber workforce and raise cybersecurity risks to the country’s critical infrastructure.
www.politico.com
April 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Protect These Borders!
— The potential fallout: Experts have expressed alarm over the looming cuts, warning that cuts leave infrastructure in the states more vulnerable, and that U.S. adversaries like Russia and China are likely to increase their cyberattack efforts.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
— The potential fallout: Experts have expressed alarm over the looming cuts, warning that cuts leave infrastructure in the states more vulnerable, and that U.S. adversaries like Russia and China are likely to increase their cyberattack efforts.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
We appreciated CISA help with LWVOR Privacy & Cybersecurity study. Tbhis personal retribution demeans the Executive Office.
An Abhorrent, Chilling Move: LWV’s Response to Targeting of Former CISA Official Chris Krebs | League of Women Voters
The League of Women Voters CEO Celina Stewart released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed two memoranda directing the Justice Department to investigate former appointee Christ...
www.lwv.org
April 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
We appreciated CISA help with LWVOR Privacy & Cybersecurity study. Tbhis personal retribution demeans the Executive Office.
Working to erase my vote, killing democracy.
A Dangerous Step Backward for Our Democracy: League of Women Voters Responds to Passage of the SAVE Act in the US House | League of Women Voters
The League of Women Voters stands strongly opposed to the passage of the SAVE Act in the US House.
www.lwv.org
April 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Working to erase my vote, killing democracy.
The SAVE MAGA Politicians Act just passed in the House. Just got harder for me to vote. thehill.com/homenews/hou...
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April 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The SAVE MAGA Politicians Act just passed in the House. Just got harder for me to vote. thehill.com/homenews/hou...
2/2 "Alarmed about access to our private data, slashing cyber attack protections for our elections, schools, hospitals" OR Rep Nancy Nathanson. "We're prioritizing sharing information from our office, come to us for support." Rep Lisa Fragala.
April 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
2/2 "Alarmed about access to our private data, slashing cyber attack protections for our elections, schools, hospitals" OR Rep Nancy Nathanson. "We're prioritizing sharing information from our office, come to us for support." Rep Lisa Fragala.
Abridged-If Trump had worked w Congress, we wouldn't be here tonight," --OR AG, Dan Rayfield. Doing everything we can to protect ORs, but we are not set up to backfill all of these cuts,"OR H Speaker, Julie Fahey. 1/2
April 10, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Abridged-If Trump had worked w Congress, we wouldn't be here tonight," --OR AG, Dan Rayfield. Doing everything we can to protect ORs, but we are not set up to backfill all of these cuts,"OR H Speaker, Julie Fahey. 1/2
TY to *So Many*. This Eugene crowd actively streaming to downtown, along Coburg Rd, blocks west, people going between Saturday Market & eating downtown, beautiful day here. 2,100 Hands Off! registrations were only part, with Indivisible & MoveOn adding in. I've seen estimates from 6,000 to 10,000.
April 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
TY to *So Many*. This Eugene crowd actively streaming to downtown, along Coburg Rd, blocks west, people going between Saturday Market & eating downtown, beautiful day here. 2,100 Hands Off! registrations were only part, with Indivisible & MoveOn adding in. I've seen estimates from 6,000 to 10,000.
On April 5th, the League of Women Voters US is joining hundreds of thousands of people across the nation to say "Hands Off!"
We will not let them continue to strip away our rights, gut our federal resources, and threaten our livelihoods.
Join us. Find an event near you: www.mobilize.us/handsoff/
We will not let them continue to strip away our rights, gut our federal resources, and threaten our livelihoods.
Join us. Find an event near you: www.mobilize.us/handsoff/
Hands Off! Join the National Mobilization to Fight Back · Hands Off on Mobilize
Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with Hands Off.
www.mobilize.us
April 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
On April 5th, the League of Women Voters US is joining hundreds of thousands of people across the nation to say "Hands Off!"
We will not let them continue to strip away our rights, gut our federal resources, and threaten our livelihoods.
Join us. Find an event near you: www.mobilize.us/handsoff/
We will not let them continue to strip away our rights, gut our federal resources, and threaten our livelihoods.
Join us. Find an event near you: www.mobilize.us/handsoff/
Thinking of Dr. Zhivago. March safety advice on Substack, Your Time Starts Now, Lori Corbet Mann, 3-part post. loricorbetmann.substack.com?utm_source=g...
Your Time Starts NOW | Lori Corbet Mann | Substack
The world is lurching under our feet. Actionable strategies to help you think clearly, adapt fast, and move forward. Click to read Your Time Starts NOW, by Lori Corbet Mann, a Substack publication wit...
loricorbetmann.substack.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Thinking of Dr. Zhivago. March safety advice on Substack, Your Time Starts Now, Lori Corbet Mann, 3-part post. loricorbetmann.substack.com?utm_source=g...
My last message from Heather Cox Richardson on facebook was March 25. They have Shadow-banned her. Subscribe by email & go to Substack. open.substack.com/pub/closerto...
SHE CONNECTED THE DOTS BEFORE THE REST OF US EVEN FOUND THE PENCIL
Heather Cox Richardson just handed us the clearest, most unflinching blueprint of how the U.S.
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April 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
My last message from Heather Cox Richardson on facebook was March 25. They have Shadow-banned her. Subscribe by email & go to Substack. open.substack.com/pub/closerto...
PBS says the US sent 3 people to Myanmar today after the earthquake. *3*. I am profoundly embarrassed. Let's actually help. Treat others as you'd like them to treat you.
April 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
PBS says the US sent 3 people to Myanmar today after the earthquake. *3*. I am profoundly embarrassed. Let's actually help. Treat others as you'd like them to treat you.
I understand the new polite greeting now in DC is "Are you employed?"
April 2, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I understand the new polite greeting now in DC is "Are you employed?"
Oregon AG Dan Rayfield in Eugene on April 9.
Join us for our "Safeguarding Oregon: Federal Oversight Forums" next week!
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April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Oregon AG Dan Rayfield in Eugene on April 9.
Not an April Fools' joke, Should be! If you are a data wrangler, they can use help. public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
public.tableau.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Not an April Fools' joke, Should be! If you are a data wrangler, they can use help. public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
Maybe easier now to keep up w DoD school classmates, so proud of these for keeping up our legacy, from Vicenza & Nürnberg American HSs, a zillion years ago.
Why American kids in Germany are walking OUT of school
YouTube video by DW Euromaxx
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March 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Maybe easier now to keep up w DoD school classmates, so proud of these for keeping up our legacy, from Vicenza & Nürnberg American HSs, a zillion years ago.
UCMJ references, how & why to refuse unlawful orders, with well-informed comments.
#think #dutyhonorcountry | J. Scott Christian | 44 comments
SEVERAL OF YOU WHO ARE JUNIOR OFFICERS in the U.S. military have asked me in recent weeks (either in person at Pearl-Hickam, Schofield, or Norfolk, or by PM… | 44 comments on LinkedIn
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March 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
UCMJ references, how & why to refuse unlawful orders, with well-informed comments.
What Can I Do to Fight this Coup? GuideBook!
choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/
choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/
What can I do to fight this coup?
If you look, there are people resisting at every level. Blockades of freeways. American Bar Association urging an end to...
choosedemocracy.us
March 27, 2025 at 3:44 AM
What Can I Do to Fight this Coup? GuideBook!
choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/
choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/
Messing with our ELECTIONS won't wash. LWV on that EO--https://www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/dangerous-attempt-silence-american-voters-lwv-responds-president-trumps
March 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Messing with our ELECTIONS won't wash. LWV on that EO--https://www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/dangerous-attempt-silence-american-voters-lwv-responds-president-trumps
Yes, the Sky Is Falling. Tell your MOC (Member of Congress) Make this stop! R's are the majority but tell D's, too.
Tell Congress AFL-CIO virtual rallies [https://www.mobilize.us/aflcio/] No Cuts to Education! Hands Off Medicaid! Stand Up to Trump's Funding Freeze! substack.com/home/post/p-...
Tell Congress AFL-CIO virtual rallies [https://www.mobilize.us/aflcio/] No Cuts to Education! Hands Off Medicaid! Stand Up to Trump's Funding Freeze! substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Line Has Been Crossed: How Lawlessness Becomes the New Law
When a government no longer answers to the law, the people must decide whether they will accept it—or resist.
substack.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Yes, the Sky Is Falling. Tell your MOC (Member of Congress) Make this stop! R's are the majority but tell D's, too.
Tell Congress AFL-CIO virtual rallies [https://www.mobilize.us/aflcio/] No Cuts to Education! Hands Off Medicaid! Stand Up to Trump's Funding Freeze! substack.com/home/post/p-...
Tell Congress AFL-CIO virtual rallies [https://www.mobilize.us/aflcio/] No Cuts to Education! Hands Off Medicaid! Stand Up to Trump's Funding Freeze! substack.com/home/post/p-...
Asolutely RACIST to remove this- SHAME! and criminal by ethical and legal standards. Not recognizing galloping COUP.
@statisticurban.bsky.social:
“The DoD has removed the article on Charles Roger's Medal of Honor. He served in Vietnam. Despite being wounded three times in battle, rallied his troops & led them to victory in defense of Support Base Rita. Nixon presented his Medal.
The url is changed to "deimedal.”
“The DoD has removed the article on Charles Roger's Medal of Honor. He served in Vietnam. Despite being wounded three times in battle, rallied his troops & led them to victory in defense of Support Base Rita. Nixon presented his Medal.
The url is changed to "deimedal.”
March 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Asolutely RACIST to remove this- SHAME! and criminal by ethical and legal standards. Not recognizing galloping COUP.